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loftcinema.org THE LOFT CINEMA Showtimes: FILM GUIDE 520-795-7777 JULY 2019 WWW.LOFTCINEMA.ORG See what films are playing next, buy tickets, look up showtimes & much more! ENJOY BEER & WINE AT THE LOFT CINEMA! We also offer Fresco Pizza*, Tucson Tamale Company Tamales, Burritos from Tumerico, Ethiopian Wraps from JULY 2019 Cafe Desta and Sandwiches from the 4th Ave. Deli, along with organic popcorn, craft chocolate bars, vegan LOFT MEMBERSHIPS 5 cookies and more! *Pizza served after 5pm daily. SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS 6-21 SOLAR CINEMA 9, 11 LOFT JR. 10 BEER OF THE MONTH: ESSENTIAL CINEMA 13 HAZY LITTLE THING IPA SCIENCE ON SCREEN 14 SIERRA NEVADA BREWING CO. LOFT STAFF SELECTS 15 ONLY $3.50 ALL THROUGH JULY! COMMUNITY RENTALS 22 LOFT KIDS FEST 24-25 CLOSED CAPTIONS & AUDIO DESCRIPTIONS! THE QATSI TRILOGY 26-27 The Loft Cinema offers Closed Captions and Audio NEW FILMS 32-43 Descriptions for films whenever they are available. Check our REEL READS SELECTION 35 website to see which films offer this technology. MONDO MONDAYS 46 CULT CLASSICS 47 FILM GUIDES ARE AVAILABLE AT: FREE MEMBERS SCREENING • 1702 Craft Beer & • Epic Cafe • R-Galaxy Pizza THE FALL OF THE AMERICAN • Ermanos • Raging Sage EMPIRE (SEE PAGE 36) • aLoft Hotel • Fantasy Comics • Rocco’s Little FRIDAY, JULY 12 AT 7:00PM • Antigone Books • First American Title Chicago • Aqua Vita • Frominos • SW University of • Black Crown Visual Arts REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES • Heroes & Villains Coffee • Shot in the Dark $9.75 - Adult | $7.25 - Matinee* • Hotel Congress $8.00 - Student, Teacher, Military • Black Rose Tattoo Cafe • Humanities $6.75 - Senior (65+) or Child (12 & under) • Southern AZ AIDS $6.00 - Loft Members • Bookman’s Seminars Foundation *MATINEE: ANY SCREENING BEFORE 4:00PM • Bookstop • Jewish Community • The Historic Y Tickets are available to purchase online at: • Borderlands Center • Time Market loftcinema.org/showtimes Brewery • KXCI or by calling: 520-795-0844 • Tucson Hop Shop • Brooklyn Pizza • La Indita • UA Media Arts Phone & Web orders are subject to a • Cafe Luce • Maynard’s Market $1 surcharge. There is a $1 surcharge for all • Varsity Hotel 3-D screenings. • Cartel Coffee Lab • OLLI • Visit Tucson Visitor • Casa Video • Parks & Recreation PLEASE NOTE: Center Screen 2 is not wheelchair accessible. • Chocolate Iguana • Pima Community • Welcome Diner • Coyote Wore College HEARING LOOP AVAILABLE • Whole Foods IN ALL 3 SCREENS Sideburns • Pima County Made possible by Paul & Mary Koss. • Downtown Clifton Libraries • Xoom Juice Hotel • Public Brewhouse • Zia Records THE LOFT CINEMA 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. | Tucson, AZ 85716 loftcinema.org SHOWTIMES: 520-795-7777 THEATRE INFO: 520-795-0844 LOFT OFFICE: 520-322-5638 For general questions email: [email protected] For questions about membership: [email protected] For questions about supporting The Loft Cinema: [email protected] For questions about volunteering: [email protected] For questions about school field trips and education-related issues: [email protected] For questions about renting The Loft Cinema: [email protected] LOFT CINEMA STAFF Executive Director: Peggy Johnson Deputy Director: Zach Breneman Program Director: Jeff Yanc Marketing Director: J.J. Giddings Finance Director: Jonathan Kleefeld Director of Membership and Donor Services: Amber Kleefeld Director of Education and Engagement: Shawna DaCosta Deputy Marketing Director: Matt McCoy Marketing Associate: Ben Mackey Administrative Assistant/Outreach Coordinator: Daniela Ontiveros Director of Theatre Operations: Jason Denholm Operations Manager: Brenda Rodriguez Assistant Managers: Marcel Jeanisse, Madeline McClure, Candace Ripley, Pedro Robles-Hill, A.J. Simon LOFT CINEMA BOARD OF DIRECTORS Ron Barber Carmen Marriott President Hal Melfi Tim Fuller David Nix Vice-President Katherine Pew Stephen Golden Tim Reckart Treasurer Claire Scheuren Melodie Lopez Secretary Lisanne Skyler Joanne Stuhr Betsy Bolding Joe Tarver Jaime Gutiérrez Frank Valenzuela Dianne Iauco Jan Mueller, Emeritus Mary Koss Dear Friends of The Loft Cinema, July is a very exciting month at The Loft Cinema! Barring a massive monsoon, our beloved marquee is scheduled to be restored to its original glory this month, with construction slated to start July 1. We can’t wait! Thank you to everyone who attended our Woodstock Marquee Fundraiser and to all who donated their money, time and resources to restore the marquee! July is also Loft Kids Fest, an annual celebration of film for Tucson children and families! The Loft Kids Fest is 9 days of free films, popcorn, books, activities and other surprises! Look for details on page 24-25. The Loft Kids Fest is the product of a truly amazing community, with funding and support from local community businesses, individuals and organizations, and the amazing volunteers and staff who help make sure everyone has a great time. Another special opportunity in July is The Qatsi Trilogy, the unique, stunning Godfrey Reggio films, with music by Philip Glass, that will take your breath away and must be seen on the biggest screen possible! Enjoy July at The Loft Cinema! Peggy Johnson, Executive Director The Loft Cinema SIGN UP TODAY! ALL LOFT CINEMA MEMBERS RECEIVE: • 2 FREE TICKETS PER MEMBER • FREE MONTHLY MEMBER SCREENING • FREE ORGANIC POPCORN EVERY VISIT • PAY ONLY $6 FOR REGULARLY SCHEDULED FILMS • DISCOUNTED ADMISSION TO SPECIAL EVENTS • WEEKLY EMAIL UPDATES • MONTHLY FILM GUIDE • AND MORE LOFTCINEMA.ORG/MEMBERSHIP 6 SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS DO THE RIGHT THING PARIS IS BURNING 30TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING! NEW DIGITAL RESTORATION! NEW DIGITAL RESTORATION! WEDNESDAY, JULY 3 AT 7:30PM SUNDAY, JUNE 30 AT 2:00PM REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES Where does voguing come from, and what, exactly, is With exclusive pre-show “behind the scenes” throwing shade? This landmark documentary provides a bonus content, courtesy of the Criterion vibrant snapshot of the 1980s through the eyes of New York Collection! City’s African American and Latinx Harlem drag ball scene. Featuring an introduction by Dr. Tani Sanchez, “Combines drama, sociology, culture and Associate Professor in the UA Department of history into a powerful, passionate and Africana Studies. entertaining package.” – Karl Soehnlein, Out Week See Spike Lee’s Oscar-nominated classic, Do the Right Thing, on the big screen on the same date it was released to theatres Made over seven years, Paris Is Burning offers an intimate in 1989! portrait of rival fashion “houses,” from fierce contests for trophies, to house mothers offering sustenance in a world “Comes closer to reflecting the current state of rampant with homophobia and transphobia, racism, AIDS, race relations in America than any other movie and poverty. Featuring legendary voguers, drag queens, and of our time.” – Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times trans women—including Willi Ninja, Pepper LaBeija, Dorian Corey, and Venus Xtravaganza—Paris Is Burning brings it, Spike Lee’s incendiary, groundbreaking look at race relations celebrating the joy of movement, the force of eloquence, and in America is a colorful, exuberant and finally devastating the draw of community. (Dir. by Jennie Livingston, 1990, USA, modern masterpiece – quite possibly the best film ever 78 mins., Rated R) made about race in America, revealing racial prejudices and stereotypes in all their guises and demonstrating Digitally remastered by the UCLA Film and Television how a deadly riot can erupt out of a series of small Archive in conjunction with Sundance Institute and Outfest misunderstandings. Set on one block in Bedford-Stuyvesant UCLA Legacy Project. Preservation funded by Sundance on the hottest day of the summer, the movie shows the Institute, Outfest and the Andrew J. Kuehn Jr. Foundation. whole spectrum of life in this neighborhood and then leaves it up to us to decide if, in the end, anybody actually does Special thanks to our community partner the “right thing.” Featuring Danny Aiello as Sal, the pizza for this screening, Southern Arizona Aids parlor owner; Lee himself as Mookie, the lazy pizza-delivery Foundation. guy; John Turturro and Richard Edson as Sal’s sons; Lee’s sister Joie as Mookie’s sister Jade; Rosie Perez as Mookie’s girlfriend Tina; Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee as the block elders, Da Mayor and Mother Sister; Giancarlo Esposito as Mookie’s hot-headed friend Buggin’ Out; Bill Nunn as the boom-box toting Radio Raheem; and Samuel L. Jackson as deejay Mister Señor Love Daddy. (Dir. by Spike Lee, 1989, 120 mins., Rated R) SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS 7 MOANA SING-A-LONG! THURSDAY, JULY 4 AT 2:00PM SATURDAY, JULY 6 AT 2:00PM SUNDAY, JULY 7 AT 2:00PM GENERAL ADMISSION: $12 | LOFT MEMBERS AND CHILDREN 12 & UNDER: $10 PLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT ACCEPT PASSES FOR THIS SCREENING This 4th of July weekend, dive into Join adventurous teenager magic! Everyone will also receive a world of music and adventure, Moana Waialiki (voiced by Auli’i their very own Moana Goodie Bag, and see “How Far You’ll Go,” as Cravalho) as she sails out on a filled with fun props and surprises The Loft Cinema presents a very daring, action-packed mission to to use throughout the movie! special interactive sing-a-long save her people, with a little help And don’t forget to dress up in screening of the fun-tastic Disney from the once-mighty demi-god your best Moana costume so you classic, Moana! (and “just an ordinary demi-guy”) can join our pre-show Costume Maui (Dwayne Johnson), who Parade on The Loft stage! We’ll all “An absolute delight, a guides her on her quest to become be partying